WHAT: Apollo English Night
WHEN: Feb 16th, 20:00
WHERE: Apollo Helsinki
TICKETS: Lippu or Tiketti

Every day we see things we’ve never seen before, things that strike us as odd or beautiful, and things that we’ve seen so many times we don’t even notice them any more… Not Al Pitcher. His mind is constantly twisting, flipping and distorting what he sees, igniting the mundane, and weaving the events of his day in into a truly unique and hilarious one-off show.

Al has established himself with force few comedians can. His standup is witty, inclusive of everyone and kind. He uses the audience in a twisted and fun way, without being a bully like many other comedians.

Also appearing on the night, Finland’s own Tomi Walamies!

As always your host is Louis Zezeran (AUS)!

Related show

• Artist: Apollo Live Club, Engish Night
• Date: Thursday, February 16th 2012
• Time: 8:00pm
• City: Apollo Live Club, Engish Night in Helsinki
• Venue: Apollo
• Address: Mannerheimintie 16
• Country: FI
• Admission: 13€/16€
• Notes:
  Al Pitcher (NZ)
  Tomi Walamies (FIN)
  
  Host: Louis Zezeran (AUS)
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The Kalevala (According To Scott Sandwich) from Tom Hogan on Vimeo.

WHAT: English Comedy Club Helsinki
WHERE: Manala
WHEN: 2nd Feb 2011, 20:00
TICKETS: Tiketti or at the door

Special Guest: TIERNAN DOUIEB (UK)

Comedian, writer, beard wearer and occasional mixer of herbal tea bags, Tiernan Douieb has been doing his ‘friendly sort’ of comedy all over the world since he started stand-up in 2003. Since then he’s supported comics such as Jim Jeffries and Russell Howard on tour, and once had to follow Robin Williams on stage. He has worked as a regular TV warm up on many shows, ran the world’s first ever Twitter Comedy Club and has had three successful Edinburgh solo shows. The last of these in 2011, ‘Tiernan Douieb vs The World’ gained great reviews due to its more political edge.

‘With this fresh style and material he blows so many other comics out of the water’ – Three Weeks ****

‘contender for the title of most affable person in comedy’ – The Scotsman

ALSO APPEARING:

Eric Seufert (USA)
Ali Jahangiri (FIN/IRAN)
Ferrix Hovi (FIN)
Aki Oksanen (FIN)

Host: Louis Zezeran (AUS)

Related show

• Artist: English Comedy Club Helsinki
• Date: Thursday, February 2nd 2012
• Time: 8:00pm
• City: English Comedy Club Helsinki in Helsinki
• Venue: Manala
• Address: Museokatu 10
• Country: FI
• Admission: 10€/8€
• Notes:
  Tiernan Douieb (UK)
  Eric Seufert (USA)
  Ali Jahangiri (FIN/IRAN)
  Ferrix Hovi (FIN)
  
  Host: Louis Zezeran (AUS)
  
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WHAT:  Apollo English Night
WHEN: Jan 19th, 20:00
WHERE: Apollo Helsinki
TICKETS: 13€/16€ at Tikketi or Lippu

FEATURED COMEDIANS

Ben Norris (UK)

Ben Norris is a highly experienced and hugely well-respected stand-up comedian. He is a fantastic gag writer and is renowned for his improvisational abilities and easy way with the crowd.

Performing stand-up since 1993 Ben has a reputation for abandoning his prepared material and building an entire show based on his interactions with the audience. He has performed at comedy and music festivals the world over and is a regular at London’s world famous Comedy Store.

He is the father of triplets, occasional rapper and cousin of the actor Martin Freeman (who is soon to appear as Bilbo in the Hobbit movie)

Check out a video of Ben.

Vidar Hodnekvam (NOR)

Vidar Hodnekvam is a comic who has worked his way to the top of Norwegian stand up comedy at a record pace. He reached another milestone in his career when he participated in a standup special shown on National television in Norway. He has performed in England, USA and is returning to Finland for a second time. He is really looking forward to perform, and you should look forward to seeing him perform.

Host: Louis Zezeran (AUS)

Related show

• Artist: Apollo Live Club, Engish Night
• Date: Thursday, January 19th 2012
• Time: 8:00pm
• City: Apollo Live Club, Engish Night in Helsinki
• Venue: Apollo
• Address: Mannerheimintie 16
• Country: FI
• Admission: 13€/16€
• Notes:
  Ben Norris (UK)
  Vidar Hodnekvam (NO)
  
  Host: Louis Zezeran (AUS)
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WHAT: English Comedy Club Helsinki
WHERE: Manala
WHEN: January 12th, 20:00
TICKETS: 10€/8€ at the door or Tiketti

HEADLINER: Evelyn Mok (SWE)

We had her in 2010 and she was one of our most loved and requested comedians, so here she is!

Evelyn Mok started with Stand Up in 2008 and in 2009 moved to Stockholm to pursue the career full time. This spring she was selected to attend Stand Up Star, a selective course for young comedians in Sweden who show a lot of promise within the humor industry.

She is a self described Chinese westerner. Born to Chinese parents in Sweden Evelyn struggled to incorporate the two cultures during her upbringing however often resulting in confusion and frustration. She deals with these issues in her Stand Up.

A lot of attention has fallen on Evelyn’s specific stage character, a shy socially akward youngster who shares with the audience her gloom experiences. People mean that this character conveys a third dimension to her jokes.

It is also this character that will be featured in a 10-sketch internet series for the Swedish National Broadcast Channel.

Also Performing

Ulla Virtanen (FIN)
Janika Maidle (EST)
Aretta Vähälä (FIN)

Host: Louis Zezeran (AUS)

Related show

• Artist: English Comedy Club Helsinki
• Date: Thursday, January 12th 2012
• Time: 8:00pm
• City: English Comedy Club Helsinki in Helsinki
• Venue: Manala
• Address: Museokatu 10
• Country: FI
• Admission: 10€/8€
• Notes:
  Ulla Virtanen (FIN)
  Janika Maidle (EST)
  Aretta Vähälä (FIN)
  Evelyn Mok (SWE)
  
  Plus! Eric Seufert (USA)
  Host: Louis Zezeran (AUS)
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Louis and Ali

We have two fabulous International headliners for you, our main man being Nigel Williams. Nigel is English but a long time resident of Belgium and a big star there. His political comedy is always on the pulse and he has visited Finland before.

Belgiums ‘no holds barred’ comedian. If you like your comedy a bit rough around the edges ,you’re gonna love this guy. Nigels act is full of energy and healthy misanthropic rants, lots of improvisation and audience participation guaranteed. ‘Like a long distance sprint of laughs with no final destination’.

He was born in Bristol UK and left school at 15, worked as factory worker/ union organiser and barkeeper before taking up stand-up comedy. His first show was called ‘The Penis Monologue’ most recent show is called ‘Believe me!!’ (about religion and other fables). Nigel has won the prestigious Belgian Humos Comedy Cup in 2000 and since then has twice been voted Comedian of the year.

ALSO APPEARING

Ahmed Berhan (SWE)
Ali Jahangiri (IRAN/FIN)

Host: Louis Zezeran

Headliner: Ahmed Berhan (SWE)

Ahmed Berhan is a 26 year old Stand Up Comedian who hails from Stockholm, Sweden. Ahmed put his university studies on hold to pursue stand-up comedy full time, appearing at the biggest clubs in Sweden and has made several appearances on Swedish TV. Ahmed performs in both Swedish and English and in 2009 went to the semifinals of a very prestigious competition in the UK with 600 other comedians. Ahmed relates to you stories about his life in Sweden and can speak about almost everything under the sun, he is happy as long as you leave with a large smile on your face.

ALSO APPEARING

Keui Kriit (EST)
Robert Pettersson (FIN)
Derek Latham (CAN)

Host: Louis Zezeran (AUS)